Collar button



Jan. 29, 1924. 1,481,799

C. B. HAND COLLAR BUTTON Filed' Feb. 2 1923 IN VENTO/B C/arenca 3. HandPatented Jan. 29, 1924,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COLLAR BUTTON.

Application filed February 28, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE B. HAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maplevvood, in the county of St. Louis and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CollarButtons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in collar buttons, and itconsists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth inthe specification and pointed out in the claim.

The object of the present invention is to provide a collar button with adetachable head which carries a pin, or hook, on which a necktie may befastened. Further advantages will be better apparent from a detaileddescription of the invention in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved collarbutton inserted through the holes in the shirt band ends and collarflaps, the hook on the button holding a tie in place; Fig. 2 is a planview of the collar button looking down on the head; Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section through the collar button taken on the line 3-3 ofFi 2.

Referring to the drawings, 6 represents my improved collar button passedthrough the button holes in the ends a, a of the shirt band and flaps b,b of the collar 0 to hold them in place. The collar button C coinprisesa stem 1 and a head 2, the stem 1 terminating in a disc 3 at one end andin a short laterally bent leg 4 at the other end, and the headcomprising two flanged components 5 and 6 secured together to form ahollow disc. The flange 7 of the head component 5 is provided with anopening 0 at the base of said flange, and a pin, or hook, 8 has itsshank 9 inserted through said opening with its end resting on the flange10 of component 6 at the opposite side of the head. The shank is bentupon itself (Fig. 2), the bent end also bearing against the flange 7 ofcomponent 5 and bentover mem- Serial No. 621.786.

her 9' of the shank terminating in a toe 9 which bears against theflange 7 at the opposite side. The shank 9 is made of spring metal andis bow-shaped thus constituting a flexed spring within the head 2. Thehead component 6 is provided with a central opening 11 and an inwardlyextending depression 12 communicating with said opening.

When the collar button is in use the stem 1 is received in the opening11, with the leg 4 in contact with the'inner face of component 6, thespring shank 9 bearing down on said leg and holding the stem in place.In order to either remove or to put on the collar, it is necessary todetach the heat 2 from the stem 1, which may be done by simply tiltingthe head 2 as shown dotted in Fig. 3, whereupon the leg 4 may be slippedout of the opening 11 by moving it laterally into depression 12. Afterthe stem 1 is inserted through the collar button holes it is acomparatively simple task to secure the head 2 to the stem 1 by tiltingthe head and passing the leg 4 through the depression 12 until the stem1 enters the opening 11, after which the spring shank 9 will hold thestem in place. A necktie N (shown in Fig. 1) may be hooked onto the pin8, after the button C is in place, and thus securely held in placewithout the necessity of passing it around the collar, the advantage ofwhich is that tied ties may be used, although the pin will also holdfour-inhandsi and prevent them from slipping down and exposing thebutton.

Having described my invention, I claim: A collar button comprising astem and a hollow head detachable therefrom, said head being providedwith an opening adapted to receive one end of the stem, and a hookprovided with a spring shank secured in the head and adaptedto bearagainst the end of the stem received in opening in the head. Intestimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

CLARENCE B. HAND.

